The Mustafaev family is dissatisfied with the termination of the prosecution of the security officer who killed their son.

The compensation awarded to the family of Khalit Mustafaev will not bring back their son, and the prosecution of the security officer who shot him has been terminated after participation in the special military operation, his father said. The decision on compensation can still be appealed in supervisory proceedings, but it is subject to enforcement, the lawyers indicated.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the cassation instance upheld the decision to pay compensation to the relatives of Khalit Mustafaev, a resident of Stavropol killed by a security officer during a chase. The arguments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that the police officer acted on his own initiative were deemed unconvincing by the court. In March, the Pregrony District Court awarded 3.8 million rubles in compensation to Khalit Mustafaev's relatives: one and a half million rubles to his parents and 800 thousand rubles to his brother. The appellate instance upheld it. The Prosecutor's Office of the Stavropol Territory supported the position of the Mustafaevs and requested that the court's decision remain unchanged.

Khalit Mustafaev's father Bakir is not fully satisfied with the outcome of the cases against those responsible for his son's death, primarily the termination of the criminal prosecution of Marchenko.

"We consider this compensation insufficient; no amount of money will bring back your son. After losing our son, we lost the meaning of life. The struggle against the Ministry of Internal Affairs took a toll on our health; we lost the health and peace of the whole family," Bakir Mustafaev told a correspondent from "Caucasian Knot".

The Team Against Torture* reported that the decision to terminate the criminal prosecution of Marchenko has entered into legal force, and there is virtually no chance of resuming it.

"Since the Stavropol Regional Court and subsequently the 5th Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction denied Bakir Mustafaev's lawyers' complaints," said a representative of the KP* to a correspondent from "Caucasian Knot".

He did not specify the timelines for the collection.

"As for the claim for compensation for moral damage, it is likely that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will subsequently seek to recover this amount from Marchenko. Bakir Mustafaev will also likely seek to recover additional expenses incurred by his family for the burial," explained the KP representative.

Lawyer Timofey Shirokov confirmed that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is already obliged to pay compensation.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs can appeal in supervisory proceedings. But this does not suspend enforcement. The decision itself must be enforced," he told a correspondent from "Caucasian Knot".

The lawyer also could not specify the timelines for payment.

"Usually, they give up to 3 months for the enforcement of the court's decision. At the same time, the organization itself must take care of the payments. The bailiffs will not go to them," Shirokov reported.

He noted that the investigation and court proceedings against the accused who signed the contract are suspended.

"There is such a procedure that when he returns, he is released from criminal liability. While he is on the special military operation, the proceedings are suspended. If, for example, the contract is terminated due to the serviceman's fault, or if he commits a new crime, the criminal case proceedings are resumed," Shirokov explained.

Recall that police officers shot Khalit Mustafaev in October 2020 near the village of Suvorovskoye during a chase. Mustafaev did not stop his vehicle at their request and attempted to flee. The police fired warning shots, but Mustafaev did not stop, and then one of the officers shot him. The bullet hit the man in the head. The Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case under the article on abuse of power against the shooter Maxim Marchenko. Marchenko had no right to use firearms to stop the fleeing Mustafaev, investigators stated.

However, the proceedings in the case were suspended as the accused went to the special military operation. In July 2025, the Pregrony District Court terminated the criminal prosecution of Marchenko, who had already returned from the special military operation zone. The father of the deceased, Bakir Mustafaev, called the decision unjust and stated that he intends to seek the resumption of the case. He believes there is a corrupt element in the termination of the case .

In early 2025, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department in Lermontov apologized for the death of Khalit Mustafaev. The apology came four years late, Bakir Mustafaev pointed out at that time. He demands accountability for the police officers, one of whom went to the combat zone, while the other was only a witness in the case.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that several police officers accused in the case of the death of the detained Makhachkala resident Kurban Dalgatov, who was beaten in the police department in January 2023 and died in the hospital, also took advantage of the opportunity to go to the special military operation zone. By January 2026, most of the 11 accused had not yet been sentenced, while five of them went to the special military operation.